A senior priest in Russia has said he fears uncertain conditions for local Catholics after March 15-17 presidential elections, in which Vladimir Putin claimed a landslide victory after the forced elimination of effective opponents.
"Catholic preferences varied with the rest of the population
The Mexican bishops' conference, the Society of Jesus and the Conference of Major Superiors of Religious of Mexico convened the country's three presidential candidates March 11 to sign their National Agenda for Peace -- a roadmap for pacifying Mexico and the starting
Mexican electoral campaigns started March 1 for a historic election: The country is likely to elect its first female president as women lead the two main party coalitions.
Ruling Morena party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum would become Mexico's first Jewish president if she wins
Mexico's two main presidential candidates have met with Pope Francis in the prelude to the country's election campaigns, marking a further retreat from the country's previously strictly secular political culture as they court voters in the predominantly Catholic country.
Claudia Sheinbaum, candidate for
Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te, known as William Lai, who opposes Chinese control of Taiwan, won the island democracy's Jan. 13 presidential election, widely watched for its international implications.
Taiwan's Catholic bishops did not comment on the election, but Maryknoll Father Joyalito "Joy"
On Jan. 9 Congo’s constitutional court upheld the results of December’s election that declared President Félix Tshisekedi the winner, rejecting a petition by an opposition candidate to annul the vote.
Tshisekedi later told his supporters in Kinshasa, the capital, that he would govern
Upstart presidential candidate Javier Milei, who attacked Pope Francis as "filthy leftist," overwhelmingly won Argentina's presidential election on a radical libertarian platform of dollarizing the economy and shrinking the state in a country beset by recurring economic crises and triple-digit inflation.
As Oct. 15 elections approach, the Church in Poland releases voting guidance for Catholics, amid the governing Law and Justice party setting the election date for a day the church celebrates as "papal day" ahead of 45th anniversary of the papal
While the pope has strived to stay on the sidelines of political debates in Argentina, deciding against visiting home during the first 10 years of his papacy, he has been dragged into the race by the current frontrunner in the race, far-right
Former President Donald Trump is leading his nearest rival by a 41-point margin in recent polling in the 2024 Republican presidential primary. But the upcoming first debate in the nomination process is a key opportunity for his rivals to have a breakout